Next Negurus Meeting
NANOG will provide to NetGurus, a room to be set in closed Board style conference seating to support 20-30 R&E Operators on Sunday, February 9, 2014 before NANOG 60 begins. We will have a projector and screen available if needed by participants. The actual room assignment will not be known for a few more weeks. When established, we will share the room location/information.
Location |
Atlanta, GA |
Room |
International F |
Meeting Date |
February 9, 2014 |
Meeting Time |
11:00am - 5:30pm |
Conference Dates |
February 10-12, 2013 |
Hotel
The NANOG Room Block at the Westin PeachTree will accommodate the early arrival of NetGurus. They will find hotel reservation information on the web.
Tentative Agenda
Time |
Activity |
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11:00am |
Gurus start |
12:15pm |
Break for group lunch |
1:30pm |
Guruing continues |
5:30pm |
Adjourn |
6:00pm |
NANOGers and Education Students Reception* |
* NOTE: Reception included for those registered for NANOG 60.
Attendance
Contact Jeffry Handal (jhandal@lsu.edu) to RSVP and for topics you wish to discuss during the meeting. Attendance limit is 25.
Name |
Email |
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Michael Sinatra |
ms@es.net |
Jeffry Handal |
jhandal@lsu.edu |
Chris Spears |
cspears@internet2.edu |
Rich Cropp |
rac111@psu.edu |
Brian Parker |
bparker@clemson.edu |
Chris Konger |
ckonger@clemson.edu |
Joe Rogers |
joe@usf.edu |
Ted Netterfield |
ted@usf.edu |
Jose Dominguez |
jad@uoregon.edu |
Andrew Lee |
leea@grnoc.iu.edu |
Hans Addleman |
addlema@grnoc.iu.edu |
Brian Jones |
bjones@vt.edu |
Eric Oosting |
eoosting@netuf.net |
Celeste Anderson |
celestea@usc.edu |
Jeff Bartig |
jeffb@doit.wisc.edu |
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Discussion Topics and Notes
- Perfsonar and SRX firewalls** Recommended placement: inside and outside network; AL2S network.
- Bandwidth test: sets up blocks; shuffles bits on memory to NIC; there is no hard drive; almost line rate. Can overrun buffers on routers/firewall.
- Check out perfclub.org. Group open to all.
- New patches/upgrades coming for perfsonar.
- Recommended boxes for using perfsonar: qbox, nerada, udroids, beagle.
- Uses of perfsonar:
- Before/after snapshots of performance
- Data can be used by researchers
- Jason and Ely working on workshop to help users understand perfsonar. Feel free to provide feedback. Contact Celeste.
- Web10g coming. People need to comment.
- Lots of Asia pacific members use perfsonar.
- They do not know the community function and they have it closed. Celeste can hook you up.
- They create tools that allow cool stuff. Example: create network map from perfsonar connections.
**LSU using v6sonar used for a sensor network for testing ipv4/ipv6 performance.
- Creating a telepresence friendly campus.
- Use an SBC
- Application based firewall for video and voice
- It will help identify packet loss.
- Only telepresence sent through it.
- Recommend using SIP line from provider and a vlan on the internet as backup.
- Check out bluejeans from NET+.
- Examples from campuses:
- Set QoS and do not place behind campus FW.
- Allow 1723 in from anywhere so people can dial in/out.
- Cisco VCS express: inside and outside firewall only applies to tanderg (only video not voice).
- Use an SBC
- IPv6 measurement sharing
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- Multicast: test sources, future of ipv4 multicast
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- Engaging with researchers
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- Long Range Ethernet alternatives
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** - Replacement of cacti graphs for a dynamic solution
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** - Backbone upgrade plans (e.g. speeds, multi-vendor)
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** - Data Center Interconnects (e.g. HA, L2 or L3)
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** - Future venue for Netgurus
Lunch Options
Meehan's Public House (Properly poured pint and bar food) <--- Selected by the group
Rays in the City (Seafood)
Sweet Georgia's Juke Joint (Southern Food)